Movie Description
La Grande Vadrouille
(1966)Overview
During World War II, two French civilians and a downed British Bomber Crew set out from Paris to cross the demarcation line between Nazi-occupied Northern France and the South. From there they will be able to escape to England. First, they must avoid German troops – and the consequences of their own blunders.
Featured Crew
- Director : Gérard Oury
- Producer : Robert Dorfmann
- Writer : Jean-Charles Tacchella
- Editor : Albert Jurgenson
- Cast : Bourvil,Louis de Funès,Terry-Thomas,Claudio Brook,Mike Marshall,Marie Dubois,Pierre Bertin,Andréa Parisy,Mary Marquet,Colette Brosset,Benno Sterzenbach,Henri Génès,Paul Préboist,Sieghardt Rupp,Guy Grosso,Michel Modo,Rudy Lenoir,Jacques Bodoin,Reinhard Kolldehoff,Helmuth Schneider,Hans Meyer,Mag-Avril,Gabriel Gobin,Paul Mercey,Pierre Roussel,Pierre Bastien,Peter Jacob,Noël Darzal,Jacques Sablon,Jean Droze,Catherine Marshall,Jean-Pierre Posier,Alice Field,Georges Atlas,Rémy Julienne,Anne Berger,Guy Bonnafoux,Clément Michu,Konrad von Bork,Jerry Brouer,Percival Russel,George Birt,Nicolas Bang,Raymond Pierson,Christian Brocard,Sacha Tarride,Lionel Vitrant,Anthony Stuart,Claude Salez,Fred Fischer,Édouard Pignon,Jean Minisini,Joachim Westhoff,Tony Rödel,Georges-Fréderic Dehlen,Guy Fox,Jean Landret,Charly Constant,Rolph Spath,Gérard Martin,Danièle Thompson,Georges Dehneli,Raoul Gola,Horst Miessner,Jean-François Masson,Bernard Mermod,Gary Ramm,Claude Rouillard,Georges Ruseckis,Joachim Weshoff
Cast
Augustin Bouvet, house painter
Stanislas Lefort, conductor at the Paris Opera
Squadron Leader Sir Reginald Brook, Royal Air Force
Peter Cunningham
Aircraftman Alan MacIntosh, Royal Air Force
Juliette
Juliette's grandfather, owner of the Guignol theater
Sister Marie-Odile
Mother Superior of the Hospices de Beaune
Madame Germaine
Major Achbach
Keeper of the Vincennes zoo with the Occitan accent
Fisherman in the boat
Lieutenant Sturmer
The talkative bassoonist of the Paris Opera orchestra
Cross-eyed German machine gunner
German soldier on patrol
Méphistophélès from Faust at the Paris Opera
German corporal
German officer of the dining car
Otto Weber, elegant SS gruppenführer
Old lady in Juliette's building
Resistance fighter, stagehand at the Paris Opera
Mustachioed man at the Turkish Baths
Peter's table neighbor in the dining car
Plombin
German general celebrating his birthday at “L’Hôtel du Globe”
Lucien
Bébert
Talkative bassoonist of the Paris Opera orchestra (uncredited)
Nun at the Hospices de Beaune (uncredited)
Patrick, mechanic (uncredited)
Parisian prostitute (uncredited)
Gestapo policeman at Augustin's house (uncredited)
German biker receiving a pumpkin (uncredited)
Marguerite from Faust at the Paris Opera (uncredited)
Turkish bths employee / German officer (uncredited)
Railway postal worker at the station (uncredited)
German Colonel (uncredited)
German soldier (uncredited)
German sentry knocked out (uncredited)
Harry, gunner, Royal Air Force (uncredited)
John, bomber, Royal Air Force (unaccredited)
German soldier (uncredited)
Station employee (uncredited)
The first boy (unaccredited)
Barbot (uncredited)
Dick (uncredited)
German officer (uncredited)
German colonel (uncredited)
Extra at the Paris Opera (uncredited)
German soldier (uncredited)
Actor from Faust at the Paris Opera (uncredited)
German non-commissioned officer (uncredited)
German colonel (uncredited)
The fat guy (uncredited)
Guide in Chaillot (deleted scene) (uncredited)
Ludwig (uncredited)
German aide-de-camp (uncredited)
Harpist of the Paris Opera orchestra (uncredited)
Extra (uncredited)
German Commander (uncredited)
Pianist (uncredited)
First German in the hammam (uncredited)
Second German in the hammam (uncredited)
Non-commissioned officer, clerk at the Kommandantur (uncredited)
ilot of the German observation plane that follows the gliders (uncredited)
Second fisherman in the boat (uncredited)
SS chief in Paris (uncredited)
Faust at the Paris Opera (uncredited)
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Facts
Original TitleLa Grande Vadrouille
Status Released
Release Information
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1966-12-08
Original LanguageEnglish
Runtime 02h 12m
Production CompaniesLes Films Corona,The Rank Organisation,Lowndes Productions Limited
Genres
- Comedy
- War
